Meanwhile, the Daily News reports this seemingly innocuous signage requirement led to a war of words between Mayor Michael Nutter and City Councilman Jim Kenney. Kenney says the mayor actually opposed his signage bill.

“It’s very frustrating to have to deal with a government that continually obstructs, obstructs, obstructs, then finally agrees with you and says, ‘Well, look what we did,'” said Kenney, a frequent Nutter antagonist.

Nutter spokesman Mark McDonald said the mayor was referring to informal orders, not official executive orders, and that he never opposed new sign rules. “That’s just simply not true,” McDonald said of the councilman’s comments. “That’s just another example of Kenney-speak.”